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| rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage |
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| calm and peaceful, prosperous |
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| to deliver a loud, pompous speech or tirade |
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| to distress, create stress or torment |
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| devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especially to the pleasures of the senses |
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| the constant dominance or influence of one group, state, or ideology over others |
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| violating accepted dogma or convention, unorthodox (as in heresy) |
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| airtight, impervious to outside influence |
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| unorthodox, heretical, iconoclastic |
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| sermon or morally instructive lecture, a platitude |
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| arrogant presumption or pride |
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| one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions |
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| given to intense or excessive devotion to something |
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| a carefree, light-hearted pastoral or romantic episode or experience; a literary or musical piece describing |
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| shameful, dishonorable, ignoble, undignified |
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| difficult or embarrassing situation |
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| revealing no emotion or sensitivity |
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| lacking funds; without money |
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| commanding, masterful, arrogant, domineering, haughty |
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| marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness |
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| hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement |
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| not capable of being appeased or significantly changed |
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| to ask incessantly, beg, nag |
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| attack or assail verbally, censure, deny |
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| immunity from punishment, penalty or harm |
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| to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe, assign as a characteristic |
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| an initial stage, not fully formed |
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| beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
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| not easily exhaustible, tireless, dogged |
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| unmoving, lethargic, sluggish, not reactive |
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| unfortunate, inappropriate |
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| artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication |
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| damaging, harmful, injurious, hostile |
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| wickedness, gross injustice |
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| to supply with nerves, energize |
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| harmless, causing no damage |
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| incapable of being discovered or understood, mysterious |
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| unconscious, unresponsive, unaware, unaffected |
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| without taste or flavor, lacking in spirit, dull |
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| unconcerned, carefree, nonchalant |
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| parochial, narrow-minded, like an island |
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| not easily managed or directed, stubborn, obstinate |
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| accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
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| to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate |
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| to obtain by deception or flattery |
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| deeply rooted, ingrained, habitual |
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| easily angered, prone to tempermental outbursts |
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| to travel from place to place |
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